how to bulk rename your cc files for faster loading times ✩°｡𓋼𓏲⋆.
hey yall im sellin lipgloss excuse my hair.. OKAY HI GUYSSS so im making this post right before i post my sims because i did a little something and wanna put yall on if you guys aren't already on okay? period so basically.. i learned that when your cc has symbols such as ?/#]{:_ and just spaces between characters, it causes the game to take a bit longer due to the difficulty to register all of your cc because of the different characters involved.
SO i'm just here to show yall how exactly to do this because in my next sim download, my cc will be renamed differently, and i would very much prefer if you guys didn't add duplicates for the sake of your own time. you already know how annoying it is to go through the cc folder just to find them all (unless you're using simsweep, clean launcher, and/or the mod manager YAWPPP)
ok so first things first what you're going to want to do is download the bulk rename utility (press the underlined subject) it's a very quick download and once you do that, you're going to want to navigate to your cc folder, if your cc folder is in the exact location as mine it will be C:\Users\YOUR NAME\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\Mods.
once you've navigated to the similar folder, you will see a whole bunch of selections down below (shown in the next photo).
what you are going to want to do to efficiently rename your files is go down to the remove category and copy the next image 🡓
when you've done this, drag and select all of your files, it should look like this 🡓
once you're set with all the files that needed to be renamed, you will want to press the rename button at the bottom right of the program 🡓
NOWWW everything should be renamed and hopefully you have lesser loading times. for me personally, my game used to take about (not even exaggerating) 30 minutes (i have like 250gbs of cc) but now i've noticed it's gone down to just about 15-20 minutes which is way better for me personally.
VERY IMPORTANT... do NOT rename any of your mods. you should only rename your cc!
and that's it!! i hope this tutorial was easy for everyone, please let me know if you need any assistance, my ask box is open or just comment below and i will get to you as soon as possible. MWAH x
